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Painted Stork

Mycteria leucocephala

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Description:

This large stork has a heavy yellow bill with a down-curved tip . The head of the adult is bare and orange or reddish in colour. The long tertials are tipped in bright pink .

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Birds of South India
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PublishedMarch 7, 2012

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